146 MONTHLY CALENDAR. 



use the beds are intended for, or to other circumstatices. 

 After the seed are sown, the beds will require constant atten- 

 tion ; cover up warm in cold nights, and give air at all oppor 

 tunities, to prevent the plants from growing weak. 



As we are subject to northwest winds at this season, which 

 produce extreme freezing, it will be better to delay the 

 making of hot-beds to the first week in March, at which time 

 opportunities will fiequently offer of giving plants a tolera- 

 ble share of salubrious air, which is indispensable to their 

 preservation. 



MARCH. 



The *' Yellow Crocus,^^ in her simple dress, 

 And the '^pale Primrose,^' chaste in loveliness, 

 Thousih the fierce Storm King rides upon the gale, 

 Foretel of Spring, 'midst snow and cutting hail. 



As the spring progresses, the external air will be soft and 

 salubrious ; at which time it should be freely admitted to 

 plants kept in rooms and green-houses. In proportion as the 

 plants get air, they should have water applied from the rose 

 of a watering-pot. 



Monthly Roses will require attention this month. It should 

 be recollected, that it is from the young wood of these plants 

 that buds are to be expected ; their growth should, there- 

 fore, be encouraged, by admitting sun and air at all oppor- 

 tunities, and water when necessary. 



Primulas. There are several species of plants under this 

 name, which exhibit their blossoms in March and April ; 

 some of which are very beautiful, as the Polyanthus, English 

 Spring Flowers, Auricula, &c. ; but I would now direct the 

 reader's attention to the Chinese varieties, some of which 

 are pure white, and others of a lilac colour. They are first 

 raised from seed sown in the spring, and will keep two or 

 three years. 



